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Tony Mowbray needs an abrupt change in fortune

Graham Spiers

November 23 2009, 12:01am, The Times

Let’s look at the blunt facts so far for Tony Mowbray at Celtic. After Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Dundee United at Tannadice his Celtic stats now read: Played 22, Won 9, Drawn 5, Lost 8. Little wonder increasing groups of Celtic fans are starting to severely criticise their manager.

Mowbray, with a start to his Celtic career like this, is entitled to feel hot under the collar.

As Davie Moyes, of Everton, said at the weekend: “It doesn’t matter what injuries or what future plans you have, a manager’s first job is to get a winning team with what he’s got.” By that token Mowbray is failing at Celtic, and needs an abrupt change in fortune — and fast.